i took another pic, and then put it into picasa and clicked 'i'm feeling lucky' - it made this:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/little_miss_em716/2008-11-12-45683ifl.jpg
it makes it look so much more pink!! it looks a little pink on the stick, but it enhanced it. does this mean it is def pos or might it still be an evap? how soon can evaps develop?